The first obligation of every human being is to examine the evidence for Islam to evaluate whether or not it is true, and to accept it as true after they see the evidence for its truth. That what the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) called the people of Mecca to do. Those of them who responded to his call became his Companions (may Allah Most High be pleased with them).

The use of the pronoun “we” to connote divine majesty an ancient Arabian rhetorical device that has fallen into disuse in both modern Arabic and modern English. This has led modern readers to misunderstand pronominal references to God using the majestic “we” as a Quranic justification for the Trinity or for idolatry.

The “self” is that thing within us that makes us alive. It makes us who we are and it gives us our identity. It is the soul. We take this soul, either in its original beauty, or in its corrupted form, with us through the three lives that we experience after we die and from there into eternal bliss or eternal damnation.

We will all, one day, be on the verge of our deaths, staring at the end of our lives, the end of our choices, the end of our actions. We will only take with us what we did before that time. There will be no going back, and there will be nothing more left to do. Or will there, in fact, be something left for us to do? Hamza Karamali explains.

Why do we die? A materialist might answer that we die because our body stops working—our breathing, our heartbeat, our brain activity, everything, stops. The materialist is wrong—although our death is accompanied by bodily changes, death is not those bodily changes themselves, but something else related to the soul.

Hamza Karamali has published an article explaining how Big Bang cosmology spells the end of scientific materialism and how that should bring religion, particularly traditional Islamic theology, back into the scientific and philosophical mainstream.

We are excited to announce the completion of the first of the four levels of the Basira Seminary Curriculum! See for yourself that your religion is not a cultural preference, but a verifiable fact.

The Biblical Flood narrative has been altered by the hands of men, leading to contradictions with the geological and biological record of our planet. The Quranic narrative is not the same. It contains corrections, additions, and omissions that restore the narrative to its original revelatory purity and re-align it with modern scientific and historical knowledge.

As a rule, it is not permissible to give zakat to fund the running of an Islamic organization. But you can appoint an organization as your authorized representative if you are confident that they will distribute it responsibly.

This is a four-part answer on protecting your children from Religious Extremism. Read the second part where Shaykh Hamza talks about the Superficial Religiousness of Extremism.

“I recently learned the term “deism” and I was wondering, from an Islamic standpoint, how do we refute or deny the arguments that deists make about how there is a God, but one who doesn’t intervene in the matters of the universe?”

“I am terrified by the stories of young Muslim teenagers being brainwashed by the violent ideology of ISIS. How do I make religion an important part of my children’s lives while at the same time protecting them from religious extremism?”

What does it mean for us to be barred from the Ka’ba, from Friday prayers, from congregational prayers, from mosques, from religious gatherings, and from personal interactions with our fellow Muslim friends, students, and teachers?

Shaykh Abu Munir has written a detailed and heartfelt counsel regarding the current COVID-19 outbreak. Read the translation of his counsel by Shaykh Hamza Karamali and please circulate it widely in your networks.

Our obligation as parents is not merely to get our young children to perform the action of praying Fajr. Rather, our obligation is to get them praying in a way that trains them for their own independent religious lives as adults.

Do Muslims consider non-Muslims as Infidels? The answer is NO! Read Shaykh Hamza’s full answer on how to respond to such misconceptions by our friends from other faiths.

Is lying a cardinal sin? Read Shaykh Hamza’s answer on dealing with young kids who lie to their parents. Every week, we will select one of your questions on parenting and answer it in this space.

People from other faiths don’t believe in the necessary being that we believe in. Read Shaykh Hamza’s answer on how to know that the necessary being is the God of Islam.

Introducing Atheism Question of the Week! Atheism has been around for a long time. Every week, we will select one of your questions and answer it in this space.

Modern culture skews our worldview. Instead of making moral judgments on human actions from the perspective of our slavehood to God, we (often unthinkingly) make moral judgments from the perspective of human autonomy and independence.